Ancient Scottish ballads, recovered from tradition, and never before ...

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She has dune* her to her father's bed-stock,
A may's love whiles is easie won
! ! ! !
She has stown the keys o' monie brawf lock,
And she has lows'd:j: him out o' prison Strang.
She has dune her to her father's stable,
A may's love whiles is easie won
; —
d
She has tane out a steed, baith swift and able,
To carry them baith to fair Scotland.
—
Whan they cam to the Scottish corss,§
A may's love whiles is easie won
" Ye brazen-faced hure,|| licht aff o' my horse;
And go, get ye back to Northumberland."
Whan they cam to the Scottish muir,
A may's love whiles is easie won
" Get aff o' my horse, ye brazen-fac'd hure,
So, go, get ye back to Northumberland."
" O pity on me! O pity! said she,
O ! that my love was so easie won
* Dune—gone. f Braiv-—strong. f Lows'
§ Corss—cross. || Mure—whore.
— freed.